The WELL: pre.vue.35: A Miserable Topic Full of Stultifying Rules

#211: Tom Digby (bubbles) Fri 27 Apr 07 08:11

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:11:00 PDT

All hidden agendas must be disclosed.

You may submit your hidden agenda under seal, using the rules specified elsewhere for handling secret documents.

If your hidden agenda is one of the standard ones (Homosexual recruitment, Elders of Zion, etc.) you may submit it by reference rather than an actual full copy.

Once you have submitted your hidden agenda to the Review Committee in secret, you may make a public statement denying such an agenda exists. The Review Committee will not make any public confirmation or denial. [Read entire topic]

#210: fluted pan (satyr) Thu 26 Apr 07 06:42

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PDT

Sounds like a process one might encounter when making use of a one-of-a-kind resource, like a particular particle accelerator. [Read entire topic]

#209: If gopod's on our side s/he'll stop the next war (karish) Wed 25 Apr 07 23:42

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:42:00 PDT

You don't have to document what you're NOT going to do? They let you off easy! [Read entire topic]

#208: it's time for a colorful metaphor (jmcarlin) Wed 25 Apr 07 22:36

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:36:00 PDT

Before you're allowed to do anything, you must fill out a request form indicating everything you're going to do to the minute. This form must have everything that you'll do to verify that things are going according to plan. And if they're not, you must indicate what you'll do about it ahead of time.

Then you have to file this form with a review group at least one week ahead of time. If you need to act before the plan is reviewed, you need to ask permission of another group first providing full justification including permission by a higher authority.

When your request is reviewed, any failure to dot an 'i' or cross a 't' is grounds for summary rejection of your request.

If by some chance your request is approved, you need to appear before a scheduling committee that will review everything going on at that time to make sure you're not overscheduled.

If anything seriously goes wrong, you need to fill out a form that says exactly what has gone wrong and how you messed up in gory detail. They you have to appear before an inquisition to offer a heartfelt mea culpa.

(For any that might not guess, this is only a bit worse than the corporate world in which I live.) [Read entire topic]

#207: Lisa Harris (lrph) Wed 25 Apr 07 17:20

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:20:00 PDT

there must be a timetable. [Read entire topic]

#206: Tom Digby (bubbles) Sat 21 Apr 07 15:21

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:21:00 PDT

You must also bring a printout of this entire topic, with postings by people who haven't given you their consent crossed out. [Read entire topic]

#205: Lisa Harris (lrph) Sat 21 Apr 07 14:25

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:25:00 PDT

When being questioned by a Senate sub-committee, you must bring detailed an accurate notes. [Read entire topic]

#204: Elisabeth Roche (eroche) Fri 20 Apr 07 20:22

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:22:00 PDT

What do I care about Abraham Lincoln's doctor's dog? [Read entire topic]

#203: fluted pan (satyr) Fri 21 Apr 06 08:55

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:55:00 PDT

You must resist the temptation to bozofilter, either technically or socially, all but the most egregious offenders. [Read entire topic]

#202: Lisa Harris (lrph) Thu 20 Apr 06 16:35

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:35:00 PDT

You must play Hardball! [Read entire topic]